• Enabling behavior examples: Top 10

    Tuesday, March 27th, 2012

    Enabling behaviors make it easier for addicts to continue to be addicted. Learn the Top 10 enabling behavior examples to prevent or stop enabling from happening.

     
  • Healing a broken heart

    Sunday, July 3rd, 2011

    If your heart is broken, you can help yourself feel better. Not through revenge, but forgiveness. Getting over a broken heart is based on your willingness to forgive. Learn why dealing with the pains of life is essential to a healthy recovery here.

     
  • The victim mentality in addiction treatment

    Thursday, March 31st, 2011

    Getting out of the victim mentality is an important part of recovery from past trauma. But how can you learn to accept the past and move forward in life without using drugs or alcohol if you are the victim of trauma? More on victim mentality in addiction treatment here.

     
  • Behavior therapy for substance abuse

    Tuesday, March 1st, 2011

    Three cognitive behavioral therapy ideas you can implement from home. If you want to see a counselor or therapist for a drinking or drug problem, learn how to prepare for behavior therapy for possible substance abuse here.

     
  • Biofeedback as a tool for substance abuse cessation

    Monday, November 10th, 2008

    Electroencephalographic (EEG) biofeedback has been employed in substance abuse treatment for over three decades. But can this alternative modality of neurofeedback therapy work for addicts and the treatment of addiction?

     
  • Why the mind?

    Sunday, June 29th, 2008

    Psychology – the science of mental processes and behavior – is essential to recovery. If it’s true that “you become what you think”, changing our thought patterns for the better indicates growth. This section is dedicated to learning more about the way the mental part of ourselves function and how our heads relate to/create our lives.